According to the data from the University of Maryland, Cambodia lost 63,000 hectares of forest in 2019, the tenth highest in the world last year, and had seen 26 percent of its tree cover disappear since 2000.
Matt Hunt, chief executive officer at Save the Bears in Cambodia, said the massive change would occur in how people live as a result of the pandemic and said such surveys should back government efforts to shut down illegal wildlife markets.
The MRC prior consultation process normally lasts for six months, during which other MRC members, including Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, can review the project and assess any cross-border impacts.
In a video posted on Facebook, the police can be seen snatching the bicycles from the activists and loading it onto a flatbed truck, with an unidentified official telling the group that they needed permission for the activity.
While VOA Khmer could not access the NGO’s bylaws, but Article 10 of LANGO requires an organization to provide a list of all its operating bank accounts within 30 days of registration and Article 25 requires annual activity and financial reports.
Scientists are noticing changes to Earth's environment that is becoming wilder and cleaner as millions of people stay home because of the new coronavirus.
In a report obtained by VOA Khmer, the ministry is looking to invest in renewable energy, and continue ongoing investments in traditional power sources, largely in a bid to reduce the amount of energy imported from neighboring countries.
People in Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh produce about 3,000 metric tons of solid waste every day.
The monks of Pa Book temple in Lamphun, Thailand observe Earth Day every morning by collecting alms through methods that minimize waste. They’ve transformed the village of Pa Book into a model for zero-waste living.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Energy's General Department, Victor Jona, told VOA on Tuesday that no further hydropower dams were needed on the Mekong River main stream for the next 10 years to meet energy demand.
The seawater intrusion, into Thailand’s lower-level rivers and reservoirs, is just one of the many effects this season as the Southeast Asian nation goes through a drought that could be its worst in four decades.
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